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Feb. 7th, 2003 01:02 pmAnj's dad came through the surgery ok. He's in a lot of pain, but is able to use one of those click-devices for morphine--and he's able to spread the fingers of his left hand, something he was losing the ablility to do before the surgery. Anj's waiting to see if he'll become able to lift his arm up again, too. But it's a positive thing, a step in a good direction. Don't know what all they did, but maybe they'll be able to keep the nerves from getting pinched more--he's already so housebound, it'd be nice if he retained some of his previous quality of life.
But Anj was at the hospital for over 12 hours yesterday, as after the surgery there was no place to put him in ICU--so they left him in the recovery room, where people can't visit. I guess he finally got her in for a little bit late in the evening, and she found out this am that they finally found him a space in ICU, so she can visit him like normal.
Kelly did what she had to do, and I'm extremely surprised that she came into work today. I'm even more surprised that she looks like she's staying the whole day through. She doesn't look real good still, but she's trying to push herself to just deal with it, move on, and be ok. But we've been telling her that it's understandable that it hurts, and she shouldn't rush herself through the process. Obviously a good deal of us still feel the loss of a pet, even years later. Grieving just takes a while, especially immediately after.
Other than that... *shrugs* After a week+ of being fantastically productive at work, I'm getting jack and shit done today. :p And I'm annoyed because my supervisor, who is now the person responsible for cataloging videotapes (I used to do this), seems to be letting a 'Rush' catalog tape sit for...it might be a week now, I'm pretty sure. I may let it go until Monday, and if it's still there, offer to do it for her. It's really hard to keep going at a job, and care about performance evaluations, when the person above you is mediocre or worse. She's so damned *slow* at getting to her work, when I and the others have all our shelves totally *cleared* and get things done almost immediately--there are times she sits on problem books for weeks/months before bringing them to our attention. And I just won't go into her habit of coming in late, leaving early, and having prolongued breaks and lunches--understand why I let myself slack so much? My habits are bad, but hers are worse. It's rather sad.
Anyhoo, who cares about that. Last Saturday I picked up some yakisoba sauce from Aki's, and had decent success making chicken yakisoba last night using a recipe off the bottle-package. The Otafuku brand seems good, as I've had good luck with both their yakisoba and okonomiyaki sauces. I think next time I just need to add twice as much meat (darned Japanese recipe ^^). And I'm growing more and more fond of udon noodles--Amiercan/Italian style pastas, if you're not buying gourmet, seem kind of bland in comparison. And I still think instant wakame clear soup is nifty. *nods*
Bah, I really have nothing useful to say. I'd love to have something creative or poetic or witty to put here, but my brain is just so damned empty right now. I shouldn't be this tired.
Ah, yes, there's another thing--right on the heels of all that Kelly's going through, one of our cats decided to barf all over the place this am. ><;;; I checked all four of them, and they seem to be fine, so it seems it was just an especially nasty hairball. But I'm already a bit paranoid, so I think I'll be watching them extra closely tonight and this weekend. Great timing, you furry beasts. >p If they hadn't all been acting just fine, I would've stayed home to keep an eye on them.
Bah. I didn't use nearly enough asterisks this time. ********* *** ********** ** There.
But Anj was at the hospital for over 12 hours yesterday, as after the surgery there was no place to put him in ICU--so they left him in the recovery room, where people can't visit. I guess he finally got her in for a little bit late in the evening, and she found out this am that they finally found him a space in ICU, so she can visit him like normal.
Kelly did what she had to do, and I'm extremely surprised that she came into work today. I'm even more surprised that she looks like she's staying the whole day through. She doesn't look real good still, but she's trying to push herself to just deal with it, move on, and be ok. But we've been telling her that it's understandable that it hurts, and she shouldn't rush herself through the process. Obviously a good deal of us still feel the loss of a pet, even years later. Grieving just takes a while, especially immediately after.
Other than that... *shrugs* After a week+ of being fantastically productive at work, I'm getting jack and shit done today. :p And I'm annoyed because my supervisor, who is now the person responsible for cataloging videotapes (I used to do this), seems to be letting a 'Rush' catalog tape sit for...it might be a week now, I'm pretty sure. I may let it go until Monday, and if it's still there, offer to do it for her. It's really hard to keep going at a job, and care about performance evaluations, when the person above you is mediocre or worse. She's so damned *slow* at getting to her work, when I and the others have all our shelves totally *cleared* and get things done almost immediately--there are times she sits on problem books for weeks/months before bringing them to our attention. And I just won't go into her habit of coming in late, leaving early, and having prolongued breaks and lunches--understand why I let myself slack so much? My habits are bad, but hers are worse. It's rather sad.
Anyhoo, who cares about that. Last Saturday I picked up some yakisoba sauce from Aki's, and had decent success making chicken yakisoba last night using a recipe off the bottle-package. The Otafuku brand seems good, as I've had good luck with both their yakisoba and okonomiyaki sauces. I think next time I just need to add twice as much meat (darned Japanese recipe ^^). And I'm growing more and more fond of udon noodles--Amiercan/Italian style pastas, if you're not buying gourmet, seem kind of bland in comparison. And I still think instant wakame clear soup is nifty. *nods*
Bah, I really have nothing useful to say. I'd love to have something creative or poetic or witty to put here, but my brain is just so damned empty right now. I shouldn't be this tired.
Ah, yes, there's another thing--right on the heels of all that Kelly's going through, one of our cats decided to barf all over the place this am. ><;;; I checked all four of them, and they seem to be fine, so it seems it was just an especially nasty hairball. But I'm already a bit paranoid, so I think I'll be watching them extra closely tonight and this weekend. Great timing, you furry beasts. >p If they hadn't all been acting just fine, I would've stayed home to keep an eye on them.
Bah. I didn't use nearly enough asterisks this time. ********* *** ********** ** There.
